Homework Help: English/Lang. Arts

Posted by Cassie on Monday, February 11, 2013 at 6:42pm.

Which of the following sentences from the article is an example of hyperbole?
Here are the examples...
A. Ivory-billed woodpeckers still graced the planet.
B.According to experts, they need large areas of old-growth forest, including many big, dead trees, in order to survive.way
C.Then a crow-sized woodpecker flew across the river and got lost among the tall trees.
D.The people who live near the ivory-bills, on the other hand, could have knocked the hats off the scientists.
I think it is A or D...both show hyperbole in a way? thanks

English/Lang. Arts - Ms. Sue, Monday, February 11, 2013 at 6:44pm
What has been exaggerated in A?
English/Lang. Arts - Cassie, Monday, February 11, 2013 at 6:58pm
I thought "graced"...or my brother did...I thought "could have knocked the hats of the scientists sounded more crrect??? yes?
English/Lang. Arts - Ms. Sue, Monday, February 11, 2013 at 7:01pm
Yes. D shows hyperbole.

Remember that hyperbole is gross exaggeration.
English/Lang. Arts - Cassie, Monday, February 11, 2013 at 7:53pm
Thank you Ms. Sue
English/Lang. Arts - Ms. Sue, Monday, February 11, 2013 at 8:11pm
You're welcome, Cassie.

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